ISLAMABAD – Former Pakistani cricket legend Zaheer Abbas has some goodadvices for Pakistan Cricket Board over future coaches and team captains.
Asian Bradman Zaheer Abbas on Tuesday proposed the Pakistan Cricket Board(PCB) to go for all local coaching staff for the national team.
Despite, Misbahul Haq there has been two foreigners Dean Jones and CourtneyWalsh who have applied for the position of head coach while bowling coachcandidates include Waqar Younis, Mohammad Akram and Jalaluddin. Battingcoach contenders comprising of Faisal Iqbal, Mohammad and Muhammad Wasim.
Zaheer Abbas said the PCB had hired many foreign coaches in the past andhave seen the outcomes, therefore it is better to hire local like mindedcoaching staff who can together benefit the team and players.
“Local Pakistani cricketers are highly patriotic people, who can pass theirskills to the current players with utmost dedication. I think local coachesmust be given the chance to serve for the country,” he said.
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Zaheer Abbas further said Misbahul Haq was the best choice for the headcoach as he had played with most of the current national team players andalso in Pakistan Super League (PSL) therefore he knows the strengths andweaknesses of the players,” he told APP.
While advising PCB to appoint another captain for Tests, Zaheer Abbas saidPCB must take back the Test captaincy from Sarfraz Ahmed as leading in allthree formats was burdening him.
“The captaincy of all three formats had resulted in the downfall ofSarfraz’s performance therefore he must be relaxed from Test skipper,” hesaid.
